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I've been working on this build for a couple of days now, altered from a concept I've held onto for years. I've always wanted to try a whip/controller build, but it always seemed far too feat intensive to really be effective. I found a suggestion recently to try warpriest, which I hadn't looked at before, and it seems like I might have finally found a viable way to make this a reality. The idea is to have a 15 ft reach/trip fortuitous weapon that threatens 10 ft at lvl 5 (possibly further, see Gear) and 5+ AOOs, so she'll have excellent control of enemy movement in addition to being a decent DPS fighter. She'll also have several options for swift action self-buffing capabilities, along with other spellcasting utility.

I'm looking for any kind of critique really. Will this work? Is everything PFS legal? How useful will it actually end up being in practice? Is there anything I've overlooked that might be a problem (or bonuses I missed)? Are there any other feats that would work really well with this? How truly awesome is this build?

Thank you in advance for any suggestions you have! (Or compliments.) I look forward to reading them.

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Evelyn the Whippista (for PFS play, planned to level 6)

Kitsune, Warpriest, CG, Deity: Calistria, Scarab Sages, Female, Age 19, 5’5”, 113 lbs

Stats at level 1:
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Speed 30 ft w/ armor; Init +4; AC 17, touch 14, flat-footed 13 (+3 armor, +4 dex)
HP 10 (1d8+2); Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +6 (+2 and roll twice 1x/day from racial trait);
CMB -2 (+5 trip w/ whip, +7 disarm w/ whip); CMD 12 (-2 str, +4 dex)
Melee whip, AB +5, 1d6+4 dmg, 15 ft reach (AB +1 weapon focus, +4 dex; dmg from sacred weapon, +4 dex)
Trained Skills Diplomacy +5 (additional +2 after successful use), Perception +7, Spellcraft +4
Special
Spellcasting, 3 orisons & 2 prepared lvl 1 spells, DC 13
Blessings, 3x/day
Charm Blessing: Touch, lasts 1 minute, functions as sanctuary, except if the ally attacks an opponent, the effect ends with respect to only that opponent.
Luck Blessing: Touch, target rolls any one ability check, attack roll, saving throw, or skill check twice and take the better result. Once 1 minute passes, the effect ends.

*Note that until level 3, I will be unable to do damage vs armored units, and will be focusing mainly on tripping, disarming, buffing/spellcasting, and blessing.
At level 2 I receive Fervor: 3x/day, swift action cast self buffs (divine favor, magic weapon give +1 AB/+1 dmg each)
Sacred Weapon/Sacred Armor give extra enhancement bonuses as swift actions at later levels

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I've got a question about the Spirit Guide Archetype for the Oracle.

The archetype:
Spirit Guide Archetype
Class Skills
A spirit guide gains all Knowledge skills as class skills. This replaces the bonus class skills gained from the oracle's mystery.
Bonded Spirit (Su)
At 3rd level, a spirit guide can form a temporary bond with a spirit, as the shaman's wandering spirit class feature (see page 37). She must make this selection each day when she refreshes her spells. A spirit guide cannot bond with a spirit that is incompatible with her alignment, ethos, or mystery (GM's discretion).
A spirit guide gains one hex of her choice from the list of hexes available from that spirit. She uses her oracle level as her shaman level and her Charisma score instead of Wisdom for the purpose of determining its effects.
At 4th level, she adds the bonded spirit's spirit magic spells to her oracle spells known for that day, but only of spell levels she can cast. At 7th level, she gains the spirit ability of her current bonded spirit. [At 15th level, she gains the greater spirit ability of her current bonded spirit.]
This ability replaces the revelations gained at 3rd, 7th, [and 15th] levels.

The spirit I'm going for is Lore, which has this hex:
Arcane Enlightenment (Su):
The shaman's native intelligence grants her the ability to tap into arcane lore. The shaman can add a number of spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 1) to the list of shaman spells she can prepare. To cast these spells she must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell's level, but the saving throw DCs of these spells are based on her Wisdom rather than Intelligence. When she casts these spells, they are treated as divine rather than arcane. Each time the shaman gains a level after taking this hex, she can choose to replace one of these spells for a new spell on the wizard/sorcerer spell list.

I'll be paying pathfinder society for the first time, and I don't want to buy the book just for this ability and have it not work. The only problem that could possibly exist that I can see is from the text "add a number of spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list... to the list of shaman spells she can prepare." Technically, oracles don't prepare spells, they have spells known, so I would assume they would simply be counted as spells known. I would also assume that because I would have to re-pick the Spirit each day, I would re-choose the spells that I want on a given day as well.

I can't rely on the GM simply telling me, because I can't expect the same person reach time. My question is this: Can I count on my GM to read this the same way? For those who are GMs, how would you rule it?

Thanks.

Here's my build for a monk so far. I'm looking for any advice on places I need to shore it up and ideas on how to make it better. (Also feel free to check my math. Adding all if these modifiers reminds me if doing taxes. Never was my strongest suit.)

Evelyn the Inebriated
Human Monk (Drunken Master & Qinggong Archetypes)

STR 13 (+1) DEX 13 (+1) CON 16 (+3) INT 10 (0) WIS 14 (+2) CHA 9 (-1)
(Using a 15 point buy)
Favored class bonus +1 Ki/4 levels

Stats by level 5: (+1 STR @ level 4, +2 CON w/ belt)
I expect to have a total AB of 2 (which seems pretty good to me, considering I'm using flurry and fighting defensively) and a grand total of 1d8+1d6+3 nonlethal damage with three attacks/round (by spending Ki) plus stunned and shaken effects each round (Stunning Fist & Enforcer). I should have an AC of around 21 after Barkskin, +4 AC with an ally caster using wand of mage armor, +4 AC if spending 1 Ki, and an additional +4 AC against one attack per round (19 touch AC, 16 flat footed w/o mage armor). About 43 HP (training up to max 60 HP during downtime). Saving throws: fort 8, reflex 5 (plus evasion), will 6. CMB 7, CMD 19.

I plan at level 12 to retrain Crane Riposte, Deep Drinker, and Enforcer into the dimensional feats during any downtime in town, so that at level 12 I can make 5 attacks (8 with Medusa`s Wrath and 1 Ki) on any combination of creatures within sight (flanking w/ myself using D. Savant, shaken effects on all via Enforcer). Barroom Brawler temporarily gives me D. Savant, Blind Fight, Elemental Fist, Perfect Strike, Lunge, Punishing Kick, Hammer the Gap, or another feat that I can customize to the combat (not to mention meshes perfectly with my bar-frequenting character). Other features include a massive and constantly replenishing Ki Pool (Drunken Ki and Ki Leech), three AoE attacks at levels 8, 15, & 19 with scaling damage, and I can basically deflect one melee and one ranged attack per round.

My main worry is AB - I've tried to optimize AC and damage potential without conceding my AB, and the idea is that I should throw out enough attacks in a round that some of them are bound to hit and do decent damage. I've only ever played a bard and a rogue before, and that as a newbie, so I'm not used to being effective in combat at all (Heh, perhaps I shouldn't have started with a monk then. :P I only found out about the general disdain for monks after I fell in love with them, and I fancy I've done at least a half decent job at making it a viable dps/tank.) Any advice would be much appreciated!